Crustal cross sections from the western North American cordillera and elsewhere : implications for tectonic and petrologic processes / edited by Robert B. Miller, Arthur W. Snoke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Robert B. (Robert Bruce), 1951-

Snoke, Arthur W.

Geological Society of America.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 456.

Special paper ; 456

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continental crust.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Orogeny.

Geology, Structural.

Plate tectonics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 286 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

The utility of crustal cross sections in the analysis of orogenic processes in contrasting tectonic settings / R.B. Miller and A.W Snoke

Petrology and geochronology of crustal xenoliths from the Bering Strait region : Linking deep and shallow processes in extending continental crust / V.V. Akinin, E.L. Miller, and J.L. Wooden

Construction and evolution of the Kodiak Talkeetna arc crustal section, southern Alaska / D.W Farris

Mid-Cretaceous-Recent crustal evolution in the central Coast orogen, British Columbia and southeastern Alaska / M.L. Crawford, K.A. Klepeis, G.E. Gehrels, and J. Lindline

Plutonism at different crustal levels: Insights from the -5-40 km (paleodepth) North Cascades crustal section, Washington / R.B. Miller, S.R. Paterson, and J.P. Matzel

Granulite- to amphibolite-facies metamorphism and penetrative deformation in a disrupted ophiolite, Klamath Mountains, California: A deep view into the basement of an accreted oceanic arc / S.R. Garlick, L.G. Medaris Jr., A.W Snoke, J.J. Schwartz, and S.M. Swapp

Mesozoic magmatism in an upper- to middle-crustal section through the Cordilleran continental margin arc, eastern Transverse Ranges, California / S.K. Needy [and others]

Perspectives on the architecture of continental crust from integrated field studies of exposed isobaric sections / M.L. Williams, K.E. Karlstrom, G. Dumond, and K.H. Mahan

Evolution of the middle and lower continental crust during the transition from contraction to extension in Fiordland, New Zealand / K.A. Klepeis and D.S. King

A granulite-facies normal shear zone exposed in the Arunta inlier of central Australia : Implications for deep-crustal deformation during oblique divergence / C. Waters-Tormey, L.B. Goodwin, B. Tikoff, K. Staffier, and P. Kelso.

Notes:

Title from table of contents page (viewed September 20, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Crustal cross sections from the western North American cordillera and elsewhere.

OCLC:

754720503

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.